Frutal

Neighboring municipalities are: Distances Frutal is the seat of a statistical microregion with 12 municipalities: Campina Verde, Carneirinho, Comendador Gomes, Fronteira, Frutal, Itapagipe, Iturama, Limeira do Oeste, Pirajuba, Planura, São Francisco de Sales, and União de Minas.

[4] The most important economic activities are cattle raising, commerce, light industry, food processing, and agriculture.

[8] The highest ranking municipality in Minas Gerais in 2000 was Poços de Caldas with 0.841, while the lowest was Setubinha with 0.568.

As a result, the place was called Patrimônio das Frutas, later as Carmo do Fructal and today only Frutal.

The first registers mention the arrival of a pioneer Antônio de Paula e Silva in 1835, who settled with his family and slaves on the banks of the Rio Grande.

In 1850 the settlement was declared a "arraial" or village, and in 1858 it was raised to the status of district in the municipality of Uberaba, becoming emancipated in the same year with the name of Carmo do Fructal.

Airport Frutal (SNFU)